Definition

1. Pronoun (Đại từ):
   • Nothing at all, not a single thing: "mốc xì" is a vulgar slang term used to emphasize the absolute absence of anything.

Usage

• "Mốc xì" is a highly informal and vulgar term. It should be used only in very casual, familiar settings, if at all. It is not appropriate for formal, polite, or written contexts.
• It functions as a pronoun, typically standing alone or following a noun to negate its existence completely.

Usage Examples

• Pronoun:
  • Sờ túi xem có tiền không, nhưng chả có mốc xì cả. (To feel one's pocket for money but there is nothing at all.)
  • Trong tủ có mốc xì gì đâu. (There's nothing at all in the cupboard.)
  • Hỏi nó vay tiền? Nó có mốc xì! (Ask him for a loan? He's got nothing!)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used for dramatic or humorous effect to stress total emptiness or poverty. It can be used in exclamations.
  • Mốc xì! Hết sạch rồi! (Nothing! It's all gone!)

Variants and Related Words

• Mốc (adj/vulgar slang): Can be used similarly to mean "broke" (having no money) or "nothing". It is slightly less emphatic than "mốc xì".
  • Tháng này mốc rồi. (I'm broke this month.)

Synonyms

• Không có gì: (has) nothing. (Neutral, polite)
• Chẳng có gì: (has) nothing at all. (Informal, emphatic)
• Trống rỗng: empty. (Descriptive, can be used for physical spaces or metaphorically)

Related Idioms

• "Mốc xì như túi rỗng": As empty as a hollow bag. (Emphasizes having absolutely nothing, especially money.)
  • Sau trận lũ, nhà cửa mốc xì như túi rỗng. (After the flood, the house was left with nothing, as empty as a hollow bag.)

1. (thông tục) Nothinng at all
   • Sờ túi xem có tiền không, nhưng chả có mốc xì cả
     To feel one's pocket.for money but there is nothing at all